Bitchū Province
province of Japan
Bitchū Province (備中国, Bitchū no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Along with Bizen and Bingo Provinces, it was sometimes called Bishū (備州).
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The province had borders with Hōki, Mimasaka, Bizen, and Bingo Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Soja.
History
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In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Bitchū Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples
Kibitsu jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bitchū. [3]
Related pages
References
Other websites
Media related to Bitchu Province at Wikimedia Commons
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